Saturday, April 20, 2019

The Full Gospel Christ

1 John 2:24-27 
24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. 27 But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

Since we have been regenerated and have His Spirit in us to know truth and discern error, we are urged to allow that to remain deep in us, yielding to Him as we follow Christ in us because we are in Him.  The gospel message we heard which was used by God to generate faith in us (Romans 10:17), that message we first heard lives in us still, giving us fellowship with the Father and Son (1 John 1:3).  It also reminds us of the certain promise of eternal life with God in Christ as testified by His Spirit.  This internal witness of the truth to us defends against error from the false teachers and antichrists whose aim is to harass and derail with doubt and fear - doubt of the truth through subtle lies and fear of losing eternal life as if our will could remove us from His hand (John 10:28-29, Isaiah 43:13).  These lies are put aside as we allow God the Spirit to teach and guide us by His word.  This is the true anointing, the Spirit living already in each of His reborn children in Christ.  It is not a magical reenabling act to make us super-Christians, but the already present presence of the one leading and teaching by conviction and convincing of the truth we have already received by the one we have already fully received.  He is the one affirming the truth of scripture as testified by others throughout the centuries who also were so led and guided into all truth (John 16:13).  These things we preach and teach to pass on, which truth is confirmed by this inner testimony that is true and teaches us truly so we are able to abide in Christ and the truth of the entire gospel.  The full gospel is Christ in us, the hope of glory, and His Spirit promised, given, and fully in each of His children at our rebirth.  Let us not be deceived otherwise.  This full gospel which is Christ in us by the Spirit sent fully into each of His children to live and guide into truth tells us we yield to Him so He has more of us, not asking for more of Who we already have but yielding control more and more as we are transformed into His image and led into truth according to His word. 

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